Section 17.4 18 If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision is held invalid, the 19 remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
Section 17.3 13 This Agreement may be reopened and modified at any time during its term upon mutual consent of the 14 parties in writing; provided, however, that this Agreement shall be reopened to renegotiate Article XII,
Section 18.2 2 All provisions of this Agreement shall be applicable to the entire term of this Agreement 3 notwithstanding its execution date, except as provided in the following section.
Section 16.4 37 If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision is held invalid, the 38 remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. 39
Section 18.3 34 This Agreement may be reopened and modified at any time during its term upon mutual consent of the 35 parties in writing; provided, however, that this Agreement shall be reopened as necessary to consider 36 the impact of any legislation enacted following execution of this Agreement which directly affects the 37 terms and conditions herein or create authority to alter personnel practices in public employment.
Section 14.3 24 The parties recognize that an employee should have the option of declining to participate as a member in 25 the Association, yet contribute financially to the activities of the Association in representing such 26 employee as a member of the collective bargaining unit. Therefore, as an alternative to, and in lieu of the 27 membership requirements of the previous sections of this Article, an employee who declines membership 28 in the Association may pay to the Association each month a service charge as a contribution towards the 29 administration of this Agreement in an amount not to exceed the regular monthly dues. This service 30 charge shall be collected by the Association in the same manner as monthly dues.
Section 16.2 29 All provisions of this Agreement shall be applicable to the entire term of this Agreement 30 notwithstanding its execution date, except as provided in the following section.
Section 14.2 16 All employees subject to this Agreement who are not members of the Association on the effective date of 17 this Agreement, and all employees subject to this Agreement who are hired at a time subsequent to the 18 effective date of this Agreement, shall, as a condition of employment, become members in good standing 19 of the Association within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this Agreement or within thirty (30) days 20 of the hire date, whichever is applicable. Such employee shall then maintain membership in the 21 Association in good standing during the period of this Agreement.
Section 16.3 16 For purposes of calculating daily hours, time worked shall be rounded to the next one-quarter (¼) hour.
Section 15.3 46 The grievance or arbitration discussions shall take place whenever possible on other than school time. 47 The employer shall not discriminate against any individual employee or the Association for taking 48 action under this Article. 4 5 Section 16.1.
